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[sdifox]

My Neighbor Totoro - ??/10 and 11ty billion/10

This is one of those Japanese anime "masterpieces" from Studio Ghibli. They are showing a bunch Hayao Miyazaki's movies at a local art-house over the next month or so and my daughter (12) is in love with his work (as are apparently a billion other people)

I dunno... I just didn't get it. It was very cute in some scenes, and funny in others, but the whole theater (sold out) was laughing at parts I was scratching my head at. I mean I get and can appreciate where people would love it, but it's just not my type of thing. And the end had me like "Uhhh what_the_hell??!" I can see where the 93% RT rating comes from, but just not my cup of tea I guess.

I give it a rating of ??/10 because I was confused. I will give it an additional 11ty billion/10 rating to watch my daughter be so happy and entertained.

Next week is "Spirited Away"...

You realise it's from 1988 right?

 

[Homerboy]

You realise it's from 1988 right?

Yeah, of course.

 

[Charmonium]

everest - 7/10 - was alright, nothing special. was neat that it was a true story though, i didn't know that prior to watching it. it had some great sound though.

the intern - 6/10 - was an okay movie, wasn't really funny, but it had a happy/fun vibe to it. it's just as predictable as expected though, with a lot of forced unrealistic dialog.

Everest is one of those movies where there's not a lot to appreciate unless you see it in 3D. You don't get the same panoramic vastness in 2D. The story was ok and there were some twists I didn't expect but I don't think I ever really cared very much about any of the characters. However the whole idea of Everest now being little more than a tourist trap was surprising.

I actually liked The Intern. I didn't expect either de Nero or Hathaway to have much in the way of comedy chops but the supporting cast was good enough that they didn't really need to. Hathaway seemed very natural and authentic in her role. Less so for de Niro but still not bad. The best scene in the movie is the break-in.

 

[sdifox]

Yeah, of course.

Did you watch it subbed or dubbed? Love Totoro.

 

[Homerboy]

Did you watch it subbed or dubbed? Love Totoro.

Dubbed as that is what my daughter preferred (and subbed showings are at 9pm during the week)


Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the movie quite a bit. it is incredibly cute and quaint and comical at many parts. The ending had me confused, and that's really about it. I realize it is made for a different culture in a different time. I COMPLETELY understand the attraction of the movie and mildly enjoyed it myself.

 

[sdifox]

Dubbed as that is what my daughter preferred (and subbed showings are at 9pm during the week)


Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the movie quite a bit. it is incredibly cute and quaint and comical at many parts. The ending had me confused, and that's really about it. I realize it is made for a different culture in a different time. I COMPLETELY understand the attraction of the movie and mildly enjoyed it myself.

they took the magic cat bus to see their mother. what is there to be confused about?

 

[Homerboy]

they took the magic cat bus to see their mother. what is there to be confused about?

I get that that is what happened...

Did the mother get better? Did she get home? Do they live happily ever after with Totoro and the rest of the magic forest creatures?

Again, don't read into it that I didn't like the movie, it was perfectly fine and I get the attraction of it. I just think it ended in a pretty abrupt way (again, I get that it's not that out-of-the-norm for the original audience).

 

[clamum]

10 Cloverfield Lane -- 8/10

Saw it this weekend in EMAX (big ass screen). I loved it. When the credits started to roll, I was like, "that's it?! was this movie just an hour long or what?" But it was just about two hours; usually during a movie I'll be waiting for it to end but I guess time flew by during this one. I thought it was very well done and of course they leave it at a frickin cliffhanger. God I don't wanna wait to see what happens next.

 

[sdifox]

I get that that is what happened...

Did the mother get better? Did she get home? Do they live happily ever after with Totoro and the rest of the magic forest creatures?

Again, don't read into it that I didn't like the movie, it was perfectly fine and I get the attraction of it. I just think it ended in a pretty abrupt way (again, I get that it's not that out-of-the-norm for the original audience).

The mother was fine, just couldn't quite go home yet.

 

[SP33Demon]

If I understood correctly

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Francis couldn't regenerate at all.

That's true, just looked it up. Which is kind of weird because

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Francis is impaled in the freeway scene and then goes to fight a few days later like nothing happened which was odd.

Meh, comics movie and all.

 

[purbeast0]

Everest is one of those movies where there's not a lot to appreciate unless you see it in 3D. You don't get the same panoramic vastness in 2D. The story was ok and there were some twists I didn't expect but I don't think I ever really cared very much about any of the characters. However the whole idea of Everest now being little more than a tourist trap was surprising.

I actually liked The Intern. I didn't expect either de Nero or Hathaway to have much in the way of comedy chops but the supporting cast was good enough that they didn't really need to. Hathaway seemed very natural and authentic in her role. Less so for de Niro but still not bad. The best scene in the movie is the break-in.

yeah everest is worth a watch and it did have great visuals along with the sound.

i liked the intern too, but definitely forgettable to me. i'm a fan of adam devine and the other dude from workaholics so it was funny seeing them in that movie. and yes, the break in scene was great, especially when they go to the getaway car lol.

 

[Charmonium]

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot - 8/10

This was surprisingly good. There are some great jokes in the movie but not comedy type jokes. More like funny observations. For example at the beginning of the movie Fey's plane is coming in to land at Kabul Int'l Airport and the plane suddenly goes into this banking maneuver. Fey thinks something is wrong but the guy next to her explains that this corkscrew maneuver is necessary in case there are any Taliban with surface to air missiles. In the process he makes a joke about the initials for KIA - noting that it also stands for 'killed in action.'

There's a lot of that sort of gallows humor and it's all done really well. Fey's sense of comedy timing really pays off in this movie. You'll find yourself laughing at things that are actually pretty grim. Billy Bob Thorton has some fantastic lines as the marine colonel.

There isn't a lot of graphic violence in the movie but there is some. Most notably one scene where she is embedded with a marine unit. But for the most part, the movie takes place in Kabul.

 

[DigDog]

as a big Keanu Reeves fan, i have watched

Exposed www.imdb.com/title/tt4019560/

It's best to just read the trivia section on IMDb;

apparently, this film was sold to the studios as a keanu reeves detective thriller .. but it actually was something totally different, with keanu's detective being a marginal character.
So the studio got someone else to cut it, scooped up all the keanu footage, and tried to get a film out of it, butchering the original intent beyond recognition.

In practice, it's a film where literally half of the dialogue is in spanish (i'm ok with american spanish because it's very similar to the root of latin that we italians share; but what about people who don't speak spanish?),
and the main character is a girl who has suffered some abuse when young, and now sees weird hallucinations.
Keanu's characer is just a detective who is trying to cope with the loss of a partner. The two are almost unrelated, if not for the fact that they share similar emotions.

The film is a goddamn mess. 'Director has already had his name removed, and the ratings were at 4.5/10 when i last saw them. I would not be surprised if this film completely ends Reeve's career.

For those who are really patient people, you can watch it and you'll get a glimpse of what should have been a deep emotional art-film; for everyone else, stay away because it will make your head hurt.:thumbsdown:

 

[poofyhairguy]

The Hateful Eight 6/10

This movie is one that seems more interesting on its face than it actually is. Almost every major plot point was somewhat predictable outside of the origin of the letter, which means scenes of tension not because you didn't know what will happen but because you almost don't want to know how for example a room of people can be slaughtered. But all that isn't what bothered me, what bothered me was weird editing.

Time dilation was way overdone, WAY overdone, to include talking scenes that didn't need it. Hell none of the movie needed it, that Matrix kind of crap was completely dated by John Wick- just give us fast action and let us sort it out. Plus there were just weird scenes that focused on a person for too long, or introduced a lot of dialogue that doesn't move the plot forward and ends up confusing the resolution. I like that it wasn't all action, but the whole splitting into chapters took what little subtilty was left in the plot and flushed it down the tubes.

This is classic Tarantino, in that he has done it all better before in his own movies. He obviously hasn't progressed much as a director and is now stuck attempting to reformulate what he has gotten right in the past. Which is too bad, I loved Django and I think Inglorious Bastards was his best work. I hate to see regression like this, especially when thanks to casting Kurt Russell I can directly compare his gore porn Western to the superior and recent Bone Tomahawk.

 

[Ichinisan]

The Hateful Eight 6/10

This movie is one that seems more interesting on its face than it actually is. Almost every major plot point was somewhat predictable outside of the origin of the letter, which means scenes of tension not because you didn't know what will happen but because you almost don't want to know how for example a room of people can be slaughtered. But all that isn't what bothered me, what bothered me was weird editing.

Time dilation was way overdone, WAY overdone, to include talking scenes that didn't need it. Hell none of the movie needed it, that Matrix kind of crap was completely dated by John Wick- just give us fast action and let us sort it out. Plus there were just weird scenes that focused on a person for too long, or introduced a lot of dialogue that doesn't move the plot forward and ends up confusing the resolution. I like that it wasn't all action, but the whole splitting into chapters took what little subtilty was left in the plot and flushed it down the tubes.

This is classic Tarantino, in that he has done it all better before in his own movies. He obviously hasn't progressed much as a director and is now stuck attempting to reformulate what he has gotten right in the past. Which is too bad, I loved Django and I think Inglorious Bastards was his best work. I hate to see regression like this, especially when thanks to casting Kurt Russell I can directly compare his gore porn Western to the superior and recent Bone Tomahawk.

Hateful Eight is pretty divisive. It's one of my favorite movies EVER.

I've been dying to watch it again, but there hasn't been any legal way to watch it.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

My kids absolutely loved the Studio Ghibli movies when they were kids. Sadly, I never watched the movies with them. We did long drives to Disney World (20 hours one way) and I'd buy them new movies for the trip. One trip I bought them probably 3 Studio Ghibli movies. That was the best money spent ever!

Studio Ghibli reminds me a lot of this for some reason:
https://www.google.com/search?q=ima...68LLAhXGbD4KHT36AXkQ_AUICSgD&biw=1470&bih=723

 

[Homerboy]

My kids absolutely loved the Studio Ghibli movies when they were kids. Sadly, I never watched the movies with them. We did long drives to Disney World (20 hours one way) and I'd buy them new movies for the trip. One trip I bought them probably 3 Studio Ghibli movies. That was the best money spent ever!

To say my daughter loves them is an understatement. She pretty much gets teary eyed as the opening credits roll. Again, I completely get their attraction and lure and I do enjoy them. I just will never gush over them like some people

 

[poofyhairguy]

Hateful Eight is pretty divisive.

I get that. My wife loved it, loved the slow pacing. Called it a Western Pulp Fiction.

 

[John Connor]

10 Cloverfield Lane -- 8/10

Saw it this weekend in EMAX (big ass screen). I loved it. When the credits started to roll, I was like, "that's it?! was this movie just an hour long or what?" But it was just about two hours; usually during a movie I'll be waiting for it to end but I guess time flew by during this one. I thought it was very well done and of course they leave it at a frickin cliffhanger. God I don't wanna wait to see what happens next.

I hope to see this movie. Hopefully today! Sounds awesome!

 

[John Connor]

I get that. My wife loved it, loved the slow pacing. Called it a Western Pulp Fiction.

Hateful Eight was a shit, shit film. LOL! :twisted: Just my 2cents.

 

[Homerboy]

Cave of Forgotten Dreams - 7/10

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1664894/

This is a documentary covering the Chauvet caves of Southern France which contain the oldest known cave drawings in the world.

It's the sort of thing that could be covered in a NOVA special, or seen at your local museum of natural history or something along those lines. It's a little rough around the edges, but the narration from Werner Herzog is just awesome (the accent!) and the material itself is just mind boggling. I knew of these cave paintings but not anything in detail and what I learned (and saw) through this "film" is just... crazy.

As I said, the production is a little weak, and I don't think 90 mins is really needed -- there's lots of slow-sweeping footage of the cave walls and floors set to VERY dramatic music, but when you stop and think about it, this is some amazing shit they are displaying. It's literally the oldest known stuff from pre-historic us.

If you like nature/historical documentaries I'd recommend checking it out.

 

[SP33Demon]

Hateful Eight was a shit, shit film. LOL! :twisted: Just my 2cents.

Amen to that. Hated it but not going to cause Ichi to say how much he hates me because of it.

 

[Xonim]

Not going to lie, I'm kind of surprised by the number of people that didn't like the Hateful Eight. It was 2 hours of Samuel L Jackson & Walton Goggins being amazing, followed by a 30 minute classic-Tarantino ending.

That's pretty much exactly what I was hoping for.

 

[SP33Demon]

My next review, and this took awhile to watch because of my wife's schedule and she wanted to watch it together.

House of Cards S4 - 9/10
Way better than the last season which was very slow in parts. Such conniving and utter psychopaths and this season really, really exemplified that. The manipulation is amped up to 11 for these two and a bit over the top and not exactly believable in parts. (

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For example, when Durant suddenly has an about face in her meeting with Frank when he subtly implies he would murder her if she didn't do what he wanted - she already had her mind made up and someone with that strong a personality isn't going to take a threat like that seriously. It seemed way out of her personality to submit to him after she just fucked him over by talking to Conway.

Yet somehow it works despite some annoyances like that. I found myself rooting against them because these are truly rotten to the core human beings who will

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destroy everything they touch (like Remy says). Loved that Remy and Jackie finally came out publicly to expose the Underwoods for the things they have done to seize the oval office by force. I liked that Stamper was falling for the wife of the person that he essentially killed by moving Frank up higher on the donor list. A combination of his guilt and penchant for easily falling for women since he's always lonely made it a perfect side plot.

I'm hoping that next season will be the finale because their lives have ceased to intrigue me other than disgust and a desire to root against them. However, that is the beauty of the show in that it evokes emotion for these two individuals who will eventually get what's coming to them. Hence the title of the show. Eventually it has to crumble.

 

[Homerboy]

Not going to lie, I'm kind of surprised by the number of people that didn't like the Hateful Eight. It was 2 hours of Samuel L Jackson & Walton Goggins being amazing, followed by a 30 minute classic-Tarantino ending.

That's pretty much exactly what I was hoping for.

Yeap.

Not to mention an incredible performance from Jennifer Jason Leigh too. Not sure what people were expecting from this... I think they went in with much different expectations. I can get not overly enjoying it, but hating it? WTF were you looking for?

Seeing it in the "road show" format made it better too.